A gay and melancholy sound
By: by Merle Miller ; introduction by Nancy Pearl
Contributors: Pearl, Nancy, author of introduction, etc
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Las Vegas, NV
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
ISBN-13: 9781612182971
Copyright date: 1961
Subjects: Gifted children; Men; Psychology; Fiction
Description: Child prodigy Joshua Bland's life has been anything but bland. Joshua's father abandons him and his mentally imbalanced mother when he is a young boy, leaving him to be raised by a cynical, hostile, and self-doubting stepfather. When Joshua loses a national knowledge competition, his family's reaction puts him on the path to becoming a World War II veteran, bestselling author, successful producer, and absentee father.
Notes: "A book lust rediscovery."

"Nancy Pearl presents a book lust rediscovery."

"Advance reader's copy--Uncorrected proof"--Cover.

Includes reading group guide.